section township range

Big upgrade to the Section Township and Range tool: more detail, more flexibility, new labels

January 28, 2021 by Randy Majors

After the infrastructure upgrade I mentioned in the last post, the increased speed of the maps enabled me to add much more detail to the very very large map layers (over 12 Gigabytes!) that comprise the Public Land Survey System (PLSS), also known as Section, Township and Range. When you open the tool, you will now be presented with a Google Map overlaid with township and range lines, including labels, such as this: Note the Township and Range labels above. For example, the box where the red dot is has a label “14N 67W” which is shorthand for “Township 14 … Read more

Are you talking about townships or townships?

January 28, 2021 by Randy Majors

You’re in luck either way: If you want to map Township/Range/Section, I’ve just released a new tool called Township Range on Google Maps that maps them all the way down to the quarter quarter section. These townships are part of the Public Land Survey System found in roughly 30 states in the U.S. (which you can read about here). You can search by address, place, GPS coordinates, or do a reverse find by Section, Township, Range. They look something like this: Using the Township Range on Google Maps tool shown above, you can: Search by address or place using the … Read more

Townships have arrived!

January 28, 2021 by Randy Majors

One of the most commonly requested features I’ve heard over the past several months is the ability to map townships. Well, now you can on both the County Lines on Google Maps and the City Limits on Google Maps tools by checking the “Also show townships” box in the lower left corner of both map tools: If you’re using the City Limits on Google Maps tool and you search for a place or address that is in a township, that township will be highlighted on the map for you even if you don’t have the “Also show townships” checkbox checked. This … Read more